66 million years ago, 2 asteroid strikes doomed dinosaurs, reveals 5-mile crater
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Two asteroid impacts, not one, likely caused the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago. A newly imaged 5-mile wide Nadir Crater off West Africa's coast, coinciding with Mexico's Chicxulub impact, suggests a double asteroid strike doomed the prehistoric creatures. The Nadir impact created a massive tsunami and triggered earthquakes, providing new insights into Earth's cataclysmic past.
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